Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

स पिङ्गो वृष इत्याहुः पितॄणां प्रीतिवर्धनः । पारावतसवर्णश्च ललाटे तिलको भवेत्

Transliteration

sa piṅgo vṛṣa ityāhuḥ pitṝṇāṃ prītivardhanaḥ | pārāvatasavarṇaśca lalāṭe tilako bhavet

Translation

അവനെ ‘പിങ്ങ’ വൃഷഭൻ എന്നു പറയുന്നു; പിതൃകളുടെ പ്രീതിയെ വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ. അവന്‍ പ്രാവുപോലെയുള്ള വർണ്ണം ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കണം; നെറ്റിയിൽ തിലകചിഹ്നവും ധരിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• सः: that (bull)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पिङ्गः: tawny
• पिङ्गः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वृषः)

• वृषः: bull
• वृषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• प्रीतिवर्धनः: increasing satisfaction
• प्रीतिवर्धनः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति-वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—प्रीतेः वर्धनः

• पारावतसवर्णः: having the color like a pigeon
• पारावतसवर्णः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारावत-स-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः—पारावतस्य सदृशो वर्णः यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ललाटे: on the forehead
• ललाटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तिलकः: a mark/tilaka
• तिलकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revā-khaṇḍa narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A piṅga bull with a dove-like sheen and a clear tilaka on its forehead is adorned and blessed; pitṛs are shown as satisfied, receiving subtle offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Piṅga vṛṣa
• Tilaka (mark)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings made with care and auspicious signs are portrayed as directly pleasing to the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha milieu where pitṛ-oriented rites are praised (not named in this line).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A piṅga bull with specified coloration and a forehead tilaka is recommended for vṛṣotsarga.